Have you ever wanted to compliment someone on a special feature they have, like their pouty lips or cute dimples but never know what it's called? Hopefully this image can help illustrate the many things on our faces. I've also tried to include other terms that many ESL learners are not commonly familiar with, such as the hairline, nostril, earlobe, jaw, mole. These are equally important but not also emphasized by other illustrations.

About your Facial Features (What's on your face). I notice that you indicate CHEEKBONE. Why? Why not simply CHEEK. Your heading clearly states 'What's ON your Face', not 'What's UNDER your Face'. I think you should reassess this item. Helpful Harry

I forgot to say . . . . You have also left out the TEETH.
A good set of teeth will prompt some good comments from an admirer. Whereas a good pair of teeth might not. And what about HAIR. You did not mention HAIR, only hairline. Since when has somebody complimented you on your HAIRLINE?
And when last did you hear "You have lovely nostrils". Come on guys. Get real. Do the thing properly or not at all.

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The English Student

3/1/2017 11:13:09 am

Hi Robert,

Thanks for your comment. The purpose of this illustration was to talk about facial features AND also to show some other terms that are often overlooked by other images. The temple, hairline, nostril, dimple, mole are relevant and would be helpful for ESL learners to know. These are actual terms that the students I taught at that time were not familiar with. The illustration was based around that, hoping it would be beneficial to other learners as well. The "nostrils" were included because this is a term a lot of learners did not know. Obviously, as you said, we do not usually give people compliments on their nostrils but the intention of this image was not to focus solely on what part of the face we give compliments. I tried to include a lot of the "less familiar" terms. Hairline was included because it starts on the forehead which is on the face. I did not mention "hair" because it's not on the face. I also wanted to include "cheekbone" because there are times (especially in makeup etc) when we hear something like, "apply this on /to your cheekbones." Due to limited space and my attempt to make the image visually clear, I selected what I thought would be most relevant and less known by ESL learners.

I'm not sure what you meant by "a good set of teeth will prompt some good comments from an admirer, whereas a good pair of teeth might not." Hopefully I answered everything else.

If it can help settle some confusion, I can certainly change the name of the post.

Best,
Jenny

Losq

9/29/2018 03:19:17 pm

Dear Jenny,

I could not agree with you more.Beginners are taught the basics but as they progress I find it is essential to go more detail. They know how to identify hair,cheeks and teeth but don't know how to explain a receding hairline or someone with large nostrils :-)I will definitley use your illustration as I find it to be pertinent.Keep up the good work!